St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-03
ANTE LUCEM WARNS UP.
He Turns Hot Shot Into the Hotel
Men Generally.

hCh OC1lCEdllys
wish to return thanks to Ynot for
the compliment paid, but of necessity
must disabuse his mind of certain
things. No boycott, mild or otherwise,
is intended against Mr.. Wakefield. To
me he is a stranger. but, doubtless, a
gentleman. l recognize the right of
every man to engage in any and every
honest calling, and it is the bOunden
duty of every other one to permit him
to so labor unmoleSted. Strikes, boy
colts, or attempts to infringe the rights
of individuals | protest against. That
"YnOt' may understands; Just, eQuita-
bic, fair treatment, with no attempt to
curry favor on the one hand or the
other, is q good and sufficient reason
for continued patronage ON my part.
Tony q beg your pardon Mr.. YnOt).
surely you do not consider the GLOBES
ten-Uile aerial railway line comes under
rulings of the interstate commerce law.
| trust in drawing mileage you will at
all times keep within the bounds of the
law, and not (as it is said a large num-
Der of cons do take more than belongs
to the corporation you serve.
1t had been my intention TO at least
give the hotel man rest until another
year, but since he (of a right SHES his
castor into the arena, some sort of a
reply together with thanks for his COM
pliment) is merited. If there is one
thing more than another which annOyS
the travelling man on the road, it is a
poorly cook ed meal. coupled with I'M
tidineSS and poor service. Too often
what might be a good hotel is made very
pOOr-First, by aping or attempting
great things in the way of bill of fare.
Second, spelling good meat and rich
viands by poor cooking. Third, serving
in far more loose, slipshod fashion. and
browning the whole with ill-arranged
and the most sloveniy looking tables.
We do not expect to find a Ryan, Mer-
chants, West, Commercial, or Cataract
in every town, nor do we look for as
good a hotel at Stab Corners and the
next cross-road tavern as at Huron or
we have the right to expect,
more just and equitable treatment
than we Oftentimes receive. Hotel
says there are some of the
boys some of them will put in the best
rooms with fire, extra feed them on
Drowned oysters and fried frog legs, or
most any delicacy they might call for,
and the market afford. Now, have
sometimes thought such things were be-
ing done, and want TO enter right here
a solemn protest against such treatment
unless the recipient pays commensurate
with service rendered; j. e., want no
better treatment or service than my
companion traveller, and, together. we
want our money to buy the same amount
as the other fellows. Equal and exact
justice. No star chamber business
about it. Make your hotels worth what
you charge, and if it be $3.50, 81, $3.50 or
81 we will cash up and not grumble.
We are willing for a separ alton of the
goats and the sheep. If the one is en-
titled to better pasturage and the rate is
higher, so furnish and collect. To treat
them as a single flock, no, never. There
are few men who want extra atten-
ton, but the great mass of commercial
travellers have enough independence
and common horse sense to make it suit
ficiently easy for well-disposed land
lord to get along with them. Thanks, Mr..
Hotel, come again; bring others with you.
You have complaints and grievances
as well as we. Let us pool them. Such
faults as we have we will try to correct,
and want you to do likewise, and soon
we will be swimming along paying 81,
$50, 81 and $3.50 per day for hotel serv-
ice. Don't we wish those days would